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Also: win an original manuscript. I wasn’t sure which to go with as the blog
title. Which do you think is more alluring? It’s the manuscript, isn’t it? Well, it’s
too late for that now. Stop going on about it.

So two new promotions today. PROMOTION #1:
WIN
A MACHINE MAN MANUSCRIPT! This is a mid-2010 working
draft of the novel that I scribbled notes over. It’s 413 pages. I don’t
know how I’m supposed to mail that. The postage will ruin me. Anyway,
you can win that, and magnets and books, if you enter before August 9 and
live in the US or Canada. Yes, this one is a North American promotion.
Don’t look at me like that. I don’t control the global publishing industry.

PROMOTION #2:
SKYPE WITH MAX! Since I’m not doing a book tour,
I decided to Skype myself around. That sounds kind of dirty. But the idea
is you get the joy of my virtual presence
with none of the body odor. It’s win-win. Basically I’ll call you and you
have ten minutes to
ask questions or show me your cats or whatever you like. Well. Not whatever.
Keep your clothes on. But you get the idea.

To qualify for this, you buy three books. I had to pick a number that
was low enough to be reasonable, yet high enough to prevent me spending
the rest of my life delivering this promotion. So I chose three.

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Joanna (#5296)

Location: Seattle, WAQuote: ""The wise man despises no one. Instead, he watches him closely and tries to discover the roots of what he sees." (Gogol, Dead Souls)"Posted: 1307 days ago

AMAZINGLY COOL. Max, is there a deadline to email you about the skype dates? In the US we can't actually get the books until the 9th because of the delay... well, I guess we could pre-order. Anyway, is there a deadline? :) Thanks!

Simon (#3192)

Location: MelbourneQuote: "I'd rather be arrogant than wrong"Posted: 1307 days ago

That is SO UNFAIR that it's only for north americans. Surely you have another manuscript lying around for us Aussies? Can't you print one off and scribble on it a bit?

Kristen (#1157)

Location: JerseyQuote: "Insert quotation here."Posted: 1307 days ago

Sweet, I just preordered my three. My cats have been dying to meet you. :P

Max

Skype deadline: I'm assuming this won't be hugely oversubscribed, because I'm not that popular. But I'll have to just see how it goes. Earlier the better, I guess, but I'm sure it won't fill up before the US on-sale date.

Simon: I do have manuscripts for other books, which I never figured out what to do with. Maybe when the Syrup movie comes out I can give away a Syrup ms.?

Anyway, sorry about that; I was going to make it a global comp, but then the US publisher did a deal with Wired.com and territory rights legal restrictions blah blah blah North America only.

Kristen: All right! Don't forget to dress them in little outfits!

fredzfrog (#2368)

Location: MoeQuote: "Fredzfrog"Posted: 1307 days ago

Can I buy 1 book and get 3 minutes and 20 seconds of skype? And is it limited to physical copys only? *looks at nut image* :p

Marleen (#2741)

Location: Berlin, GermanyQuote: "I want more expensive shoes in one place than I've ever seen in my whole life."Posted: 1307 days ago

Oooooh, very good. I bought, I [duck]ed, I emailed... I could really do with a ten minute chat with someone knowing Melbourne, so this comes at just the right moment!

Marleen (#2741)

Location: Berlin, GermanyQuote: "I want more expensive shoes in one place than I've ever seen in my whole life."Posted: 1307 days ago

Ian Manka (#3916)

I bought the digital version (carefully examine my nut), I bought a print copy because I'm acknowledged in the book and narcissistic i.imgur.com/dJvZo.png, and now all I have to do is figure out a way to convert this i.imgur.com/Bi2WD.jpg into a third copy...

Brittany O. (#1688)

I still just want magnets. AND I want a hard bound book. I have one of each of all you have published. So any word on a hard bound M.M. book?AND I think a J.G. avitar would be way cooler. After all it was required reading in my college courses.

Chris (#1228)

Location: London, UKPosted: 1307 days ago

Max, it's good of you to remember those of us in England, and allow us to be eligible for the Skype tour. But according to www.maxbarry.com/2011/06/30/news.html, Machine Man isn't being published in the UK. Has that changed?

Max

I will totally accept the serial as one of the three copies; that's a great idea!

Marleen's Missing Nut: This can happen if you used a PayPal account to buy the serial with a different email addy from your account here while also not logged in here. I can sync it up for you if you email me your feed ID.

Stasey Norstrom (#4989)

Location: The Yanqui NorthwestQuote: ""Alice was tired of being dead." - Wonderland"Posted: 1307 days ago

"To qualify for this, you buy three books."

Any three published books ever?

Or just yours?

While I can't imagine you wanting to promote other writers' writings (as opposed to their driving skills, but you never know), I thought I'd ask in the event you're not too picky about the rules.

Of course I'll but 3 of your books. Why would I want to read other writers' writings?

Cheers

Yannick (#3858)

Location: Heist, BelgiumQuote: "he reads things"Posted: 1307 days ago

I would move to the US this instant if becoming an American citizen wouldn't put me well past the August 9th deadline!

I am also willing to go great lengths for any manuscript you still have lying around and aren't legally bound to withhold from me (or anyone else not living in the US for that matter, but more importantly, me).